Manifolding book



Oct. 2, 193 A. H. PHILLIPS ET AL MANIFOLDING BOOK Filed Oct. 14. 1924 BYM WWWPM ATTORNEYS Fafented Oct. 2, 1934 MANIFOLDING BOOK Arthur H.Phillips, Hempstead, and William Allan, Jr., New York, N. Y., assignorsto American Sales Book Company,

Limited,

Toronto, Canada, a corporation of Ontario Application October 14, 1924,Serial No. 743,533

4 Claims.

This invention relates to manifolding books which are intended to supplya plurality of sets of printed forms successively in writing position.

An object of this invention is to provide a device of thecharacter-described in which the forms are held in registry with eachother in a new and improved manner and in which sheets are adapted tolie intimately in contact to insure clear inscription.

A further object is to provide a pad formed of a plurality of stripsinterfolded zigzag to form superposed sets of superposed leaves in whichthe leaves of each set are attached together in such a manner as tofacilitate the folding and. unfolding of the strips together to maintainthe forms in registry.

A further object of this invention is to provide a pad of the characterdescribed in which the various forms may be attached together in such amanner as to facilitate their handling throughout an auditing routine,but to permit their easy detachment from each other when desired withouttearing the sheets.

Other objects will in part be obvious and will in part appearhereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction,combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts, which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth and the scope ofthe application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the inventionreference should be had to the following detailed description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pad embodying this invention, thesuccessive layers of the compound strip being separated, more clearly toshow the construction;

Fig. 2 is an end view of the compound strip as shown in Fig. 1; I Fig. 3is a modification of the invention; and

Fig. 4 is an end view of the modification.

It has heretofore been proposed to construct manifolding pads by foldinga strip of paper zigzag by lengthwise folds and thereafter folding thecompound strip so formed zigzag by cross folds to form superposed setsof superposed record leaves. Such pads have not, however, provensatisfactory for many purposes, partly by reason of the fact that thedifferent strips constituting the compound strip are integral with eachother at the folded edges and do not satisfactorily yield to each otheras the compound strip is folded and unfolded. Furthermore, by reason ofthe fact that the strip is completely closed upon one side and thestrips are mechanically separated in operation, to insert between themthe transfer material, air pockets are apt to form between the sheetswhich cushion type used upon the sheets and thus have a tendency toprevent the writing from being clear on all the copies.

Moreover where a number of copies of a single sales record are required,it is desirable that the different copies be upon different coloredpaper to distinguish the one from the other in the different uses towhich the several copies are put, and it is frequently desirable to havethe original upon a good grade of paper and the copies upon a cheapergrade. All this is obviously impractical where all of the forms are madefrom the same original sheet.

To overcome this objection, it has heretofore also been proposed tosuperpose a plurality of strips which may thus be of different coloredpaper and to attach them together at the edge by a continuous line ofpaste. Such pads have, however, proved unsatisfactory by reason of thefact that the firm attachment at the edge makes severance of the sheetsin a neat and convenient manner unsatisfactory, if not impossible, andmoreover the continuous line of paste interferes with the folding of thecompound sheet more even than the integral connection between the stripsat their edge, and it is more impervious to the passage of air.

All such forms of pads, moreover, are ill adapted for use with manymanifolding machines which employ mechanism for separating the variousforms of a set from each other as they are fed on to the tablet byreason of the fact that the sheets are so firmly attached that it isdifficult to sever them uniformly without tearing them.

In accordance with this invention, it has been discovered thatthe'foregoing difficulties can be overcome by superposing a plurality ofstrips having corresponding forms printed thereon and attaching thestrips together at spots spaced apart along one edge of the strip.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 1, the pad is composedof a plurality of strips 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, each of whichindependently of the others, may be of any color, weight or quality ofpaper desired, and each of which may have upon it a suitable record formfor the reception of inscriptions. These strips are superposed to form acompound record assembly or record strip and the superposed sheets ofeach set are attached together in pairs at opposite sides of theassembly. These attachments are at alternate sides of the compoundstrip, that is; strips 1 and 2 comprising the first pair are attached atthe front edge as seen in Fig. l, and strips 2 and 3 comprising thesecond or next adjacent pair are attached at the rear edge of theassembly as best seen in Fig. 2. The attachments as herein shown are inthe form of small spots of adhesive at longitudinally spaced intervalsalong the opposite longitudinal assembly edges. According to the presentembodiment single spots of adhesive are employed longitudinally spacedapart by the length of the record forms or leaves interposed betweenadjacent successive severance lines 6a, and positioned respectivelydirectly at the lines of severance 6a, between the forms. It will benoticed also that the adjacent strips or leaves of each pair are freefrom attachment with each other at all points thereof positionedtransversely of the assembly from the respective adhesive attachingspots, thus providing for free insertion of additional sheets or stripsin superposed manifolding relation between the adjacent strips of eachpair; for example carbon strips may be thus inserted. In theillustrative embodiments of the invention shown, it will be noticed thatthe transverse severance lines 6a are respectively positioned betweenadjacent successive blank forms or writing areas upon which theinscriptions are written. Also as is herein shown these attachingadhesive spots are positioned only at points intermediate the adjacentwriting areas, the strips being free from attachment with each other atthe writing areas.

With this construction, when a plurality of forms are removed from thecompound strip, the severed forms are attached at both top and bottom,the line of severance having passed midway through the spot ofattachment. Thus, the next set of forms as they are fed to the machineare held in registry by the portion of the point of attachment whichremains, while the set of forms severed from the machine are heldtogether by the points of attachment into a zigzag or fanfold" form.

It is desirable that there shall be employed in making the attachmentbetween the sheets, an adhesive capable of retaining the sheets togetherthrough the machine, but permitting them to be severed at the adhesivewithout tearing the sheets. For this reason the commercial pastes havebeen found in this respect preferable to glues.

The form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 3 is similar to thatillustrated in Fig. 1, save that the sheets comprising strips 11, 12 and13 are all attached together at the same side instead of the pairs beingattached at opposite sides as in Fig. 1. These attachments areillustrated as being on one side of the compound strip and with thisform, also, it is preferred to place the points of attachment at thelines of severance for the reasons previously given. It will of coursebe understood that these lines of severance extend transversely of therespective record strips similarly to the severance lines 6a of Fig. 1as fully set forth above, With this form of invention, it will beobvious that when a set of forms is removed from the machine, it will bein the form of a book of leaves all opening from the same side.

In either modification however if the attachment of the sheets is to beat the front or rear edges of the sheets instead of the lateral then thepoints of attachment should be behind or in advance of the line ofseverance; For some purposes moreover, where it will not be necessary toattach every set of forms, points of attachment may be spaced greaterdistances apart.

With the above constructions, it has been found that the compound stripwill fold into and out of zigzag formation without buckling and withoutmaterial longitudinal displacement of the forms. Moreover, by reason ofthe fact that it is possible for the air beneath any particular form toescape upon all four sides. the forms can be readily made to lie fiatupon each other to insure distinct copies.

The above constructions, moreover, while more efficient and satisfactoryin operation than pads having continuous line of paste along one edge,are in fact also simpler and cheaper to construct, being capable ofmanufacture with machinery of a less complicated nature and less liableto get out of order.

Since certain changes may be made in the above construction anddifferent embodiments of the invention could be made without departingfrom the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in theabove description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall beinterpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A manifolding assembly including in combination, a traveller striphaving writing areas spaced therealong, a second traveller strip insuperposed relation with said first mentioned strip and havingattachment with the latter at a. series of longitudinally spaced pointspositioned between said writing areas, said first and second travellerstrips being free from each other at 110 the writing areas, saidtraveller strips each having a plurality of longitudinally spaced,transverse, weakened severance lines respectively positioned betweenadjacent writing areas, and each of said severance lines extendingintermediate the 15 forward and rearward parts of the correspondingattachment between the strips whereby each of said attachments continuesto attach the strips together both forwardly and rearwardly of therespective severance line after strip severance 120 along said line.

2. A manifolding assembly including in combination, a traveller striphaving writing areas spaced therealong, a second traveller strip insuperposed relation with said first mentioned strip 125 and havingattachment with the latter at a series of longitudinally spaced pointspositioned between said writing areas, said first and second travellerstrips being free fromeach other at the writing areas, said attachmentsincluding adhesive spots between the first and second strips, saidtraveller strips each having a plurality of longitudinally spaced,transverse, weakened severance lines respectively positioned betweenadjacent writing areas, each of said severance lines extendingintermediate the forward and rearward parts of the correspondingadhesive spot, whereby the latter continues to attach the stripstogether both forwardly and rearwardly of the respective severance lineafter strip severance along said line, said attachments being confinedto spots along one longitudinal edge of the assembly while said stripsare free from attachment with each other along the opposite longitudinaledge of the assembly.

3. A manifolding assembly including, in combination, a plurality oftraveler strips superposed with each other and having transversedivision lines dividing them to form a plurality of sets of superposedleaves, an adjacent pair of said 150 strips having attachment with eachother at a series of points spaced apart longitudinally of the strips amaterial distance leaving intermediate greatly elongated strip portionsunattached, so as to avoid buckling upon folding or unfolding, saidattachments being confined to positions along the longitudinal edges ofthe attached strips, said pair of attached strips being free fromattachment with each other at all points thereof positioned transverselyof the strips from the attached edges, and a pair of adjacent stripsnext to said first mentioned pair having attachment with each other at aseries of points also spaced apart longitudinally of the strips amaterial distance leaving intermediate greatly elongated strip portionsunattached so as to avoid buckling, said last mentioned attachmentsbeing positioned at the opposite longitudinal edge of the assembly fromsaid first mentioned series of attachments, said last mentioned adjacentstrips being free from attachment with each other at points thereoftransversely of the strips from the last mentioned attached edges, saiddivision lines being in the form of transverse weakened severance linesextending intermediate the forward and rearward parts of thecorresponding said attachments between the strips whereby each of saidattachments continues to attach the strips together both forwardly andrearwardly of the respective weakened severance lines after stripseverance along said lines.

4. A manifolding assembly including, in combination, a pair of travelerstrips superposed with each other and interi'olded in zigzag relation toform a plurality of sets of superposed record leaves, each of saidstrips having writing areas spaced in series therealong, at least twoadjacent strips of the assembly having attachment with each other at aseries of points spaced apart longitudinally of the strips andpositioned respectively intermediate adjacent writing areas, each ofsaid series of attaching points being confined to a position along onelongitudinal edge of the two adjacent attached strips, and said stripsat said longitudinal edge being free from attachment with each other atgreatly elongated stretches between said attachments so as to avoidbuckling upon folding or unfolding, the opposite longitudinal edges ofthese two strips and all parts thereof intermediate their longitudinaledges being free from attachment with each other, each of said stripshaving longitudinally spaced transverse weakened severance linesarranged therealong and each extending intermediate the forward andrearward parts of the corresponding said attachments between the stripswhereby each of said attachments continues to attach the strips togetherboth forwardly and rearwardly of the respective weakened severance linesafter strip severance along said lines.

ARTHUR H. PHILLIPS. WILLIAM ALLAN, JR.

